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1. A local and habitual twitching especially in the face.
4. The capital and largest city of Yemen.
9. Someone who works (or provides workers) during a strike.
13. Hormone released by the hypothalamus that controls the release of thyroid-stimulating hormone from the anterior pituitary.
16. Fermented alcoholic beverage similar to but heavier than beer.
17. Lower in esteem.
18. A Polynesian rain dance performed by a woman.
19. Imperial dynasty that ruled China (most of the time) from 206 BC to 221 and expanded its boundaries and developed its bureaucracy.
20. A unit of length equal to one thousandth of an inch.
21. A long noosed rope used to catch animals.
22. In addition.
23. Electronic warfare undertaken to prevent or reduce an enemy's effective use of the electromagnetic spectrum.
24. A fractional monetary unit in Bangladesh and India and Nepal and Pakistan.
26. Important warm-water fatty fish of the genus Thunnus of the family Scombridae.
28. A coffee cake flavored with orange rind and raisins and almonds.
29. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
30. (Babylonian) A demigod or first man.
31. A period of time containing 365 (or 366) days.
33. A rotating disk shaped to convert circular into linear motion.
36. A nonmetallic largely pentavalent heavy volatile corrosive dark brown liquid element belonging to the halogens.
39. A silvery ductile metallic element found primarily in bauxite.
41. A federally sponsored corporation that insures accounts in national banks and other qualified institutions.
44. (computer science) A coding system that incorporates extra parity bits in order to detect errors.
45. Any culture medium that uses agar as the gelling agent.
47. Cubes of meat marinated and cooked on a skewer usually with vegetables.
49. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
51. Deciduous shrub of North America.
52. United States landscape architect (born in England) who designed Central Park (1824-1895).
55. Tropical woody herb with showy yellow flowers and flat pods.
56. A federation of North American labor unions that merged with the Congress of Industrial Organizations in 1955.
58. Type genus of the family Unionidae.
59. The compass point midway between south and southeast.
60. The state of wandering from place to place.
62. The basic unit of money in Iran.
64. Large herbivorous tropical American arboreal lizards with a spiny crest along the back.
66. A federal agency that supervises carriers that transport goods and people between states.
68. A radioactive transuranic element produced by bombarding plutonium with neutrons.
69. A word or expression used for some particular thing.
70. Of or relating to the dura mater.
74. A colorless odorless gaseous element that give a red glow in a vacuum tube.
75. A inexpensive showy collectibles.
78. Naked freshwater or marine or parasitic protozoa that form temporary pseudopods for feeding and locomotion.
85. An uproarious party.
86. The blood group whose red cells carry both the A and B antigens.
87. The month following February and preceding April.
88. A medieval helmet with a visor and a neck guard.
90. Interface consisting of a standard port between a computer and its peripherals that is used in some computers.
93. A city in the European part of Russia.
94. Spiritual leader of a Jewish congregation.
95. Small deer of Japan with slightly forked antlers.
96. A mature blood cell that contains hemoglobin to carry oxygen to the bodily tissues.
97. A unit of absorbed ionizing radiation equal to 100 ergs per gram of irradiated material.
98. (Old Testament) The second patriarch.
99. Water falling in drops from vapor condensed in the atmosphere.
100. East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye.
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1. A resort city in western Florida.
2. A Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the siege of Troy.
3. Belonging to or prescribed for celiac disease.
4. A deep bow.
5. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
6. Offensive or even (of persons) malicious.
7. An ancient Assyrian city on the River Tigris and traditional capital of Assyria.
8. (in Gnosticism) A divine power or nature emanating from the Supreme Being and playing various roles in the operation of the universe.
9. A carriage consisting of two wheels and calash top.
10. A passage with access only at one end.
11. Thickening of tissue in the motor tracts of the lateral columns and anterior horns of the spinal cord.
12. African tree having an exceedingly thick trunk and fruit that resembles a gourd and has an edible pulp called monkey bread.
13. 100 thebe equal 1 pula.
14. Framework for holding objects.
15. A federally chartered corporation that purchases mortgages.
25. Type genus of the Spalacidae.
27. Sexually transmitted urethritis (usually caused by chlamydia).
29. Filled with fear or apprehension.
32. Genus of tall smooth herbs of forested mountains of Europe and Asia minor.
34. Any of a number of fishes of the family Carangidae.
35. German philosopher and mathematician who thought of the universe as consisting of independent monads and who devised a system of the calculus independent of Newton (1646-1716).
37. Small long-bodied short-legged German breed of dog having a short sleek coat and long drooping ears.
38. Having the breasts uncovered or featuring such nudity.
40. The main organ of photosynthesis and transpiration in higher plants.
42. English theoretical physicist who applied relativity theory to quantum mechanics and predicted the existence of antimatter and the positron (1902-1984).
43. A republic in southern Europe on the Italian Peninsula.
46. Narrow-leaved green herbage.
48. (Turkey) Parched crushed wheat.
50. Crowned with or as if with laurel symbolizing victory.
53. A gland in which gametes (sex cells) are produced.
54. A crude stone artifact (as a chipped flint).
57. Airtight sealed metal container for food or drink or paint etc..
61. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
63. Small tropical American tree bearing edible plumlike fruit.
65. Marked by excessive enthusiasm for and intense devotion to a cause or idea.
67. Of or relating to or characteristic of the Republic of Chad or its people or language.
71. A monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles.
72. Any of various spiny trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia.
73. A blood group antigen possessed by Rh-positive people.
76. A Bantu language spoken by the Kamba people in Kenya.
77. Having the wind against the forward side of the sails.
79. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
80. Toward the mouth or oral region.
81. Capital city of the Apulia region on the Adriatic coast.
82. A river that rises in northeastern Turkey (near the source of the Euphrates) and flows generally eastward through Armenia to the Caspian Sea.
83. Having nine hinged bands of bony plates.
84. A former communist country in eastern Europe and northern Asia.
89. A master's degree in business.
91. Narrow wood or metal or plastic runners used for gliding over snow.
92. Goddess of fate.
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